Key Stage 4

Students may opt to take French, German or both to GCSE and follow the OCR specification. Students are assessed in the four skills – listening, speaking, reading & writing and may enter for foundation or higher level in each.

French

Year 10

In Year 10 students formally begin preparing for their French GCSE and they follow the OCR exam board specification. Topics covered in the Autumn term include life at home, family, friends & relationships, house & home and local area. In the Spring term they move on to sports & outdoor pursuits, healthy lifestyle and food & drink and in the Summer term they cover free time & hobbies, socialising with friends and TV, films & music. They also spend time improving their ability in all 4 of the skill areas by learning how to deduce meaning from context, by doing targeted listening exercises as well as exercises where they listen for detail, by learning how to use tone to help with their understanding and by improving their dictionary skills. For the grammatical content which they learn alongside the vocabulary they revise what they have done at Key Stage 3 and in addition also cover the following areas:
Asking questions and making suggestions
Using correct word order (in complex sentences)
Using qualifiers & time phrases
Expressing opinions & preferences & giving reasons for opinions
Recognising & understanding pronouns
Giving examples
Varying structures
More information can be found at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82560-specification.pdf

Year 11

In Year 11 students continue to work towards their GCSE examinations by preparing for Writing and Speaking Controlled Assessments and learning vocabulary in preparation for their Listening and Reading exams. In the Autumn term they cover the topics of holidays, environmental issues and life in other countries and in the Spring term they learn vocabulary for the topics of school & education, work experience, future plans and work. The summer term is then spent revising and learning vocabulary for their listening & reading exams. In addition to the grammatical concepts already learnt they also learn how to:
Vary expressions of opinion
Give opinions about past events
Recognise different tenses
Embellish answers
Write longer sentences containing several clauses
Deduce the meaning of compound words
Use correct intonation
Predict vocabulary
More information can be found at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82560-specification.pdf

German

Year 10

In Year 10 students formally begin preparing for their German GCSE and they follow the OCR exam board specification. Topics covered in the Autumn term include life at home, family, friends & relationships, house & home and local area. In the Spring term they move on to sports & outdoor pursuits, healthy lifestyle and food & drink and in the Summer term they cover free time & hobbies, socialising with friends and TV, films & music. They also spend time improving their ability in all 4 of the skill areas by learning how to deduce meaning from context, by doing targeted listening exercises as well as exercises where they listen for detail, by learning how to use tone to help with their understanding and by improving their dictionary skills. For the grammatical content which they learn alongside the vocabulary they revise what they have done at Key Stage 3 and in addition also cover the following areas:
Asking questions and making suggestions
Using correct word order (in complex sentences)
Using qualifiers & time phrases
Expressing opinions & preferences & giving reasons for opinions
Recognising & understanding pronouns
Giving examples
Varying structures
More information can be found at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82560-specification.pdf

Year 11

In Year 11 students continue to work towards their GCSE examinations by preparing for Writing and Speaking Controlled Assessments and learning vocabulary in preparation for their Listening and Reading exams. In the Autumn term they cover the topics of holidays, environmental issues and life in other countries and in the Spring term they learn vocabulary for the topics of school & education, work experience, future plans and work. The summer term is then spent revising and learning vocabulary for their listening & reading exams. In addition to the grammatical concepts already learnt they also learn how to:
Vary expressions of opinion
Give opinions about past events
Recognise different tenses
Embellish answers
Write longer sentences containing several clauses
Deduce the meaning of compound words
Use correct intonation
Predict vocabulary
More information can be found at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82560-specification.pdf

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